Daddy stuff and being a healthy inspiration for my kids

Month: March 2011

My workouts will be a little more random over the next few weeks. I’m out for a few evenings and away for a couple of weekends so won’t be able to fit in three sessions a week (hence no workout on Monday).

I’ll try and squeeze all the most important exercises into two weekly sessions to keep things ticking along.

This was last night’s session. The chin ups are starting to feel heavy but still very doable, the last time I used weights similar to this I could only manage 3×3 so it’s nice to see some good progress.

I’m not at home tomorrow night so will miss my usual Monday session. I had a quick go tonight instead, I really didn’t want to drop a workout so close to taking a week off.

I’ve never really committed to squats before but can’t get enough of them at the moment. They are doing my ankle and general leg strength the world of good. I’ll start loading them up heavier moving onto front squats over the next few weeks.

Every time I get my powerclubs out it makes me want to get them out more often. They are such an awesome tool.

It was good to get the rings out again. They are a nice supplement to the more basic strength work I’ve been doing. Whereas chins etc are linear movements the rings force you to work through a much larger range of motion – plus they are great fun!

I’m sure I’ve said this about other movements in the past but the snatch is my favourite kettlebell exercise. Now my ankle feels good I want to start doing them again. I went at them fast and did a fair few reps for my first go back. I want to up the weight on snatches soon, I’ve been flinging this 16kg for too long.

My technique feels loads better these days, not quite good enough though as tore some skin off of my left hand 😉

I had a hellish day at work today which always makes me want to lift a little heavier. Rather than go with the high volume ladders I strapped some weight on and turned it into an easy circuit. By easy I mean I took longer rests.

The second circuit was different: fast weight swinging with next to no rest.